A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c12.t11.23

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¹ Cf. *Rasendrachintámani*, which evidently quotes from a Tántric work : “O Goddess, I shall now enumerate the substances which kill mercury, without the use of sulphur.” A list of 41 plants is given of which any ten may be employed at a time for the roasting operation. The names of the following among others occur in the list : *vitis quadrangularis*, *andropogon serratus*, *plumbago zeylanica*, *clitorea ternatea*, milky juice of *calatropis gigantea* and of *euphorbia neriifolia* ; *vitex negundo*, *datura stromonium*, *achyranthes aspera*, *ficus oppositifolia* and *tinospora cordifolia*